| Well I am not going to beat around the bush. The tarot | | | | notes of what cards suggest to you. Record any |
| reading secret I am referring to is developing your own | | | | experience, events, people, stories that the image and |
| tarot interpretation system. This is the point where | | | | symbols of the cards remind you. |
| most tarot readers stop and won't go beyond. This is | | | | 4. You incorporate all the systems of tarot meanings |
| where lies the difference between an average and a | | | | you learn plus your personal associations with what |
| great tarot reader that astounds and amazes clients. | | | | the cards suggest to you. Eliminate anything that never |
| How do you develop your own tarot interpretation | | | | propped up in the course of your practice. As you |
| system? | | | | develop a personal link with each card-reminding you |
| 1. I would suggest selecting a system and study it | | | | of something you felt, known or experienced. You will |
| thoroughly. Let's say you decided on Pollack's | | | | develop this ability to improvise ( borrowing a jazz |
| meanings. Know it inside out. Focus on one you have | | | | music term) when you read the tarot cards. This |
| chosen and practice it consistently, until you know the | | | | personal tarot interpretations are not found anywhere |
| seventy-eight cards basic interpretations like the back | | | | else, because it is your own, attained only through your |
| of your hand. | | | | working with the cards. And it is this way you will have |
| 2. Once you have the firm foundation of step one | | | | the skill to give stunningly accurate readings. |
| fixed, the next is to dabble and examine other | | | | 5.The last step is a never-ending process. Continually, |
| systems. Collect tarot meanings from other systems | | | | modify your system at your whim. Your own tarot |
| that you like and start using them. It doesn't matter if | | | | interpretations and stories will naturally flow to you. |
| you use a couple of Greer's meanings, a score by | | | | Interpreting the cards become second-nature to you. |
| Gray's and a dozen by Pollacks's. | | | | You will sound energised, interesting,confident and |
| 3. Practice. Start doing readings and observe which | | | | awesome. Your clients will appreciate you for that. |
| meanings constantly appear. In your tarot journal make | | | | |